Birchbox October 2012

[diana16]

Originally Posted by samvanz12 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

SEXTUPLETS?

or, maybe SEPTUPLETS, I see? Crazy! Very excited for this box.

Has your tracking # updated? I got my email yesterday and it still hasnt updated, I want to know when mine will get here!

 

[VegasLover75]

Originally Posted by bbbrandnewww /img/forum/go_quote.gif


Learning from past mistakes? They're giving SOME people waiting points and not others.

I don't get this either!  I got points for 1 account but I also have 2 others that I don't think shipped either.

 

[bbbrandnewww]

Originally Posted by diana16 /img/forum/go_quote.gif


Has your tracking # updated? I got my email yesterday and it still hasnt updated, I want to know when mine will get here!

Not yet.

 

[gemstone]

Originally Posted by bbbrandnewww /img/forum/go_quote.gif


Learning from past mistakes? They're giving SOME people waiting points and not others.

So far it has been people who have boxes that have not shipped AT ALL.  We have already established that nail polish takes longer because it has to ship ground.  If they have not emailed you anything about shipping at all yet, wait at least a moment to see if you are going to get an email about points before having a total cow.  It is not completely crazy that they don't send all the emails out at once.

 

[kawaiimeows]

i honestly wonder if my box has even shipped yet. i got the shipping email over two days ago and still NOTHING on my tracking. whereas i got my ipsy tracking today and it's already one city away.

i'm sure they'll probably just tell me it has so they don't have to give me any points bahhah.

honestly i just can't wait for it to get here so i can review it and then swiftly cancel my (going on 9 month anniversary) account.

 

[samvanz12]

Originally Posted by diana16 /img/forum/go_quote.gif


Has your tracking # updated? I got my email yesterday and it still hasnt updated, I want to know when mine will get here!

Mine hasn't updated yet either.  I also got my email yesterday.  I'm going to be gone until Tuesday night, so I'm just crossing my fingers it's there when I get back.

 

[KatieK]

I've been spectating for awhile but I thought I'd finally jump in!

No shipping update or tracking so far... my payment hasn't even shown up on my account!  Trying not to freak out....

Love seeing everyone else's boxes though - & I'm pretty sure I'm getting a transformation box (didn't reply to the goop email).

This will be my THIRD box...

 

[Lainy]

Anyone else's Caudalie vineoperfect sample hardly have anything in it???? I think I'm going to email them.

 

[lovelywhim]

Originally Posted by Lainy /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Anyone else's Caudalie vineoperfect sample hardly have anything in it???? I think I'm going to email them.

That's how much Caudalie sends with their samples. Email Birchbox anyway! You'll get points (someone had emailed them last month about the same thing and got points). go go go

 

[gemstone]

Originally Posted by Lainy /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Anyone else's Caudalie vineoperfect sample hardly have anything in it???? I think I'm going to email them.

If you say it is basically empty, they might also give you another sample instead of points.  (they did this for me last month).  While points are awesome, at least otherwise it will also give you a better chance of truly sampling the product.

 

[javagirl87]

Originally Posted by kawaiimeows /img/forum/go_quote.gif

i honestly wonder if my box has even shipped yet. i got the shipping email over two days ago and still NOTHING on my tracking. whereas i got my ipsy tracking today and it's already one city away.

i'm sure they'll probably just tell me it has so they don't have to give me any points bahhah.

honestly i just can't wait for it to get here so i can review it and then swiftly cancel my (going on 9 month anniversary) account.

My tracking usually takes at least 3 days to update the first time

 

[kawaiimeows]

Originally Posted by javagirl87 /img/forum/go_quote.gif


My tracking usually takes at least 3 days to update the first time

i've never had this happen until last month. usually at most it has updated within 24 hours.

 

[bbbrandnewww]

Originally Posted by kawaiimeows /img/forum/go_quote.gif

i've never had this happen until last month. usually at most it has updated within 24 hours.

Same here. Last month they emailed me about tracking and it didn't update for another 3 or 4 days. It wasn't even marked as received until days after I was emailed, which is what I'm thinking happened again this month. I'm glad they're trying to resolve the issue, but it obviously is still a problem.

 

[ashleyanner]

Quote: Originally Posted by classybroad /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I got box #26 today here is a pic

 

[Lainy]

Originally Posted by lovelywhim /img/forum/go_quote.gif


That's how much Caudalie sends with their samples. Email Birchbox anyway! You'll get points (someone had emailed them last month about the same thing and got points). go go go

It makes me so mad.... I actually wanted to try the product... how the heck am I suppose to know if i like it if they don't even put enough for one use? lol.

 

[zatanna]

Originally Posted by Dena Fletcher /img/forum/go_quote.gif

great! sighhh i am getting that..  i guess the cloth will be like a corner piece, not a whole cloth..  

I posted a picture up, but it's 1 full cloth that is slightly larger than the Birchbox itself. I presume it's the normal cloth size, although apparently it normally is in a 3x pack for $22. So $7 worth for the sample.

 

[VegasLover75]

Originally Posted by Lainy /img/forum/go_quote.gif

It makes me so mad.... I actually wanted to try the product... how the heck am I suppose to know if i like it if they don't even put enough for one use? lol.

I emailed them about this, hopefully they will send another tube.  I was looking forward to trying it too!

 

[madcute]

Hello everyone! I'm new here and a new subscriber to Birchbox. I received my first box today and here's what I got, LUNA bar not pictured:

I have a few questions for you guys after reading the last few pages of this thread:

1) How do you know what number box you are to receive? (I've noticed some of you mention you are getting box #23, etc)

2) I don't know about you, but I opted OUT of receiving the GOOP box this month but it still seems like my box is a GOOP box. Are all October boxes GOOP-style? Or did I receive a GOOP box by mistake you think?

3) Does the quality/size of the samples you receive depend on your subscription? Meaning, if you are an annual subscriber, do you get "better" samples? Or does it all depend on your beauty profile?

Thanks!

 

[Bethybee]

Same box and same email too. I just hope I actually get box 32 because it looks great.

 

[kawaiisquawks]

Quote: Originally Posted by madcute /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I have a few questions for you guys after reading the last few pages of this thread:

1) How do you know what number box you are to receive? (I've noticed some of you mention you are getting box #23, etc)

2) I don't know about you, but I opted OUT of receiving the GOOP box this month but it still seems like my box is a GOOP box. Are all October boxes GOOP-style? Or did I receive a GOOP box by mistake you think?

3) Does the quality/size of the samples you receive depend on your subscription? Meaning, if you are an annual subscriber, do you get "better" samples? Or does it all depend on your beauty profile?

Thanks!
Welcome!

1) If you go to your box page and scroll all the way down where there's a small thumbnail of your October box, right click to c&p the link, paste it somewhere, and it should say what box number it is at the end of the URL.

2) Not all boxes are goop but on the opt in/out email, BB said that you may receive a non goop/goop box even if you opt in/out. It was pretty much a disclaimer so people wouldn't get mad if too many people opted in and BB ran out, or if too few opted in and they had extra goop boxes to dump on people who didn't actually want it..

3) It's pretty much just completely random. Some months you get lucky, others not so much.